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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Azerbaijan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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